Newspapers

Here are a number of newspapers that you will find very useful for research for your IA and further reading:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk
http://www.ft.com/home/uk
http://www.independent.co.uk/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
http://www.thepaperboy.com/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/
http://www.economist.com/

Misc.

Course/Exam Specific Resources

• Biz/ed - A general resource for learning economics, listed by topic.
• Essentials of Economics - The portal for online resources and case studies relating to the popular textbook “Essentials of Economics”
• Internet for Economics - A tutorial for utilizing the internet for economics research
• Revision Guru - A resource for economics revision tailored to the different exam boards, also includes a free online economics textbook
• Revision Notes: A-Levels - A collection of revision notes for GCSE and A-level.
• Revision Notes: IB - A collection of revision notes for the IB.
• S-Cool - An A-level economics revision site
• Tutor2U - A resource for AS, A2 and IB economics revision
• Welker’s Wikinomics - A website created by an IB economics teacher containing useful IB lecture notes as well as a blog
• The Economics Classroom An excellent website run by Welker
• http://www.reffonomics.com/TRB/INPROGRESS/Macroeconomics.html A great website with lots of useful information for the macroeconomics part of the course.
  
  

General Economics Interest Resources

• Asian Development Bank - Economics and statistics resources of the multilateral, Asian-oriented development finance institution that promotes economic and social progress
• Bank of England - The website of the Bank of England, the UK’s Central Bank
• CIA World Factbook - An online resource on the history, people, government, and economies of every country in the world.
• Consumer Jungle - A resource for surviving in the real world of personal finance including a “life financial simulator”.
• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean - The UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Economic Policy Debatesk - Is a place for online debates regarding current controversial ideas in economics.
• Econ Stories - A funny rap video showing the different economic philosophies of Keynes and Hayek
• Federal Reserve - The website of the US Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States
• Greg Mankiw’s Blog - A Blog written by Harvard University economics professor, Greg Mankiw
• Goldman Sachs’ Global Economic Outlook - Global economic research put out by one of the leading investment banks, Goldman Sachs
• Hong Kong Monetary Authority - The website of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong’s central bank
• International Monetary Fund - The website of the International Monetary Fund - the “central banker’s central bank”
• Internet Public Library - A collection of links to economics-related websites
• Latin Focus - A website dedicated to Latin American economic news
• Paul Krugman’s Blog “The Conscience of a Liberal” - A blog written by the 2008 Economics Nobel Laureate
• Sixty Years of Citizen Keynes - A website dedicated to John Maynard Keynes
• The Economist - Arguably the most influential and important publication in the world
• The Economist: Debate Series - o Economist-sponsored debates, moderated by experts
• UK National Statistics - is the UK's site of official statistics, reflecting Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level.
• UN human Development Reports - The website of the UN’s Development Program
• World Bank - The website of the world bank, the world’s pre-eminent (and often controversial) development bank
• World Trade Organization - The World Trade Organization’s website, containing a wealth of economics research and information

A great website with lots of useful information for the macroeconomics part of the course:
http://www.reffonomics.com/TRB/INPROGRESS/Macroeconomics.html